So much for toy guru saying in the video that new product would come in daily. Still, it is meant to be on matty after the con so hopefully you can get one there. Just sucks you'll be stung with postage.

They had it on Friday. It just sold out early. Then again, they also had pre-orders available for all their exclusives. If you knew you were going and wanted them, trying to get them at the Mattel booth was a foolish decision.

I'll echo Captain Collector, preorder is the way to go. I did this back in 10'(the first year they offered it?) & it can go smoothly if you plan it right. We did our best to get exclusives out of the way by Thursday and finished everything except Matty. Got up early on Friday and picked up my order and still make it to the con no problem. Highly recommend it.

That, and get rid of that damn raffle time to stand in line. Seems you always have carryover from the last time. Were they still doing that this year CC? I actually got in Hasbro's line on Preview Night the last time I attended. It went much smoother that way, getting the big boys out of the way ASAP!

That, and get rid of that damn raffle time to stand in line. Seems you always have carryover from the last time. Were they still doing that this year CC? I actually got in Hasbro's line on Preview Night the last time I attended. It went much smoother that way, getting the big boys out of the way ASAP!

Yes, and it was even worse this year. They only let like 40-50 in line on preview night, and you had to be outside in line before 5 am to get a raffle ticket for the other days. If you showed up at 9am everyday, the ticket line at the sales pavilion was closed until the following day. It was brutal.

I had a friend go there for the first time also and all he wanted was boba fett. He tried on all the days even went before 5 am and no luck. They apparently let the wrong people in or something. I even tried online for him suffice to say no luck.

I agree hasbro needs to stop that "look at us, we are the hottest thing at sdcc" attitude and presale for pickup. What i don't get is the exclusives were not that strong this year, yet their was chaos. They also did not repost online periodically as in the past, unless i kept missing it.

Personally, to me a con exclusive is an item that would not be able to be sold at retail because of lack of mass popularity or other features like blood spatter, naked bodies, names like kick ass, marfblooger on packaging, etc. I think they should make a ton of them but offer a preorder for pick up and online shipping so they know how much to make. I think they are loosing a money making opprtunity and we as collectors are loosing patience. If they made more it would cost less too and they would make hard core fans happy.

SDCC has been taken over by posers and scalpers and not the con us geeks used to look forward to as our annual sacred pilgrimage to the geek mecca. Getting items, food, toilets, panels just about everything is a nightmare.

I agree with you Zim. Hasbro makes stuff people want to buy but because they are exclusives they get snatched up and scalped to high heaven. Seems to me they could make more money if they just made more to sell. It feels like Mattel just makes more - or the Hasbro exclusives are just better. A little of both, maybe.

It seems to me like SDCC is a nightmare - I can't imagine how I could possibly enjoy it. Then again, I've never been to any comic con ever - maybe one of these days. I did go to a few baseball card shows way back in the day, but they weren't all that.

I agree hasbro needs to stop that "look at us, we are the hottest thing at sdcc" attitude and presale for pickup. What i don't get is the exclusives were not that strong this year, yet their was chaos. They also did not repost online periodically as in the past, unless i kept missing it.

I have to disagree with you on this. I think their exclusives were pretty strong. That Boba Fett you mentioned your friend wanting is excellent. That Ravage with the baroness is absolutely amazing. Metroplex looks pretty cool & I really like those 6 inch Transformers set with Megatron, Prime, etc, even if they don't transform.Hasbro did a great job with their exclusives. Where I feel mattel just came up really short.

I do agree that Hasbro should have a pre order pick up. Seems like a more logical way to do things.